change

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become something different.
2. (ergative, transitive) To make something into something else.
3. (transitive) To replace.
4. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
5. (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
6. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
7. (archaic) To exchange.
8. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
2. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
3. (countable) A replacement.
4. (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
5. (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
6. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
7. (countable, uncountable) A change-up pitch.
8. (countable, uncountable) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
9. (Scotland, countable, dated, uncountable) A public house; an alehouse.

Synonyms

alter

alteration

exchange

transform

vary

modify

shift

convert

turn

transformation

replace

modification

transfer

variation

transition

switch

substitute

become different

move

mutation

conversion

replacement

fluctuate

amend

interchange

reform

revise

transmute

substitution

swap

turn over

small change

make different

alternation

become

adjust

transmutation

difference

amendment

adapt

metamorphose

commute

correct

renew

changes

edit

alternate

evolve

reversal

coins

Translations

changer

cambiar

cambiare

changement

cambio

ändern

veranderen

wechseln

verändern

mudar

cambiamento

transformer

canviar

monnaie

Änderung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: changen

Cognate with Italian: cambiare

Cognate with Portuguese: cambiar

Cognate with Romanian: schimba

Cognate with Sicilian: canciari

Cognate with Spanish: cambiar

Inherited from Middle English: change

In summary

From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre (“to exchange, barter”), derived from the noun cambium (“change”) (whence was loaned the English doublet cambium), from Gaulish cambion, earlier *kambyom (“change”), related to Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂(e)mbos, *(s)kh₂(e)mbos (“crooked”). More at skimp, scam; see also Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-.
Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced Middle English wenden, from wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence wend).
The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe.

Sentences

All we have to do is change the payment .

He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times .

Symbols sometimes change to reflect mergers .